| Family: |
Agonidae (Poachers), subfamily: Hemitripterinae |
| Max. size: |
73 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 23 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 25 - 925 m |
| Distribution: |
North Pacific: Bering Sea to the Aleutian chain and Eureka, California, USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 13-14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 13-13. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 6885). Color mottled gray or brown above, paler below; four or five vague darker saddles across back; two tan stripes across head; red below anterior part of spinous dorsal; mottled red brown on membranes of spinous dorsal fin, lighter between fifth and eighth spines; chestnut brown on rayed dorsal with pale gray marbling; on pectorals alternating bands of yellow brown, light gray, and dark brown; light gray with fine black speckling and orange patches on anal fin; on caudal fin dark reddish brown with fine vertical stripes of gray brown (Ref. 6885). |
| Biology: |
Occurs offshore (Ref. 2850). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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